Aceh War

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The Aceh War was a protracted late-19th- to early-20th-century conflict in northern Sumatra in which the Dutch fought to subdue the independent Sultanate of Aceh, becoming one of the bloodiest and most significant colonial wars in Indonesian history.

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Generate an image of the Aceh War (The Aceh War was a protracted late-19th- to early-20th-century conflict in northern Sumatra in which the Dutch fought to subdue the independent Sultanate of Aceh, becoming one of the bloodiest and most significant colonial wars in Indonesian history.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indonesian historical event ⓘ
colonial war ⓘ
war ⓘ
aftermath continued low-level resistance after official end ⓘ
formal Dutch control over Aceh ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Atjeh War ⓘ
linked to: Aceh War
belligerent Dutch East Indies colonial government ⓘ
Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
Sultanate of Aceh ⓘ
linked to: Aceh Sultanate
casualties tens of thousands of Acehnese killed ⓘ
thousands of Dutch and colonial troops killed ⓘ
cause Dutch attempt to subdue the independent Sultanate of Aceh ⓘ
Dutch desire to control northern Sumatra ⓘ
strategic interest in the Strait of Malacca ⓘ
combatantCommander Cut Nyak Dhien ⓘ
Cut Nyak Meutia ⓘ
General Johan Harmen Rudolf Köhler ⓘ
Joan Willem van Heutsz ⓘ
Teuku Umar ⓘ
conflictType asymmetric warfare ⓘ
endDate 1904 ⓘ
1914 ⓘ
hasLegacy symbol of Acehnese resistance to foreign rule ⓘ
hasPhase First Aceh Expedition ⓘ
Second Aceh Expedition ⓘ
guerrilla phase ⓘ
involves Acehnese nobility ⓘ
Acehnese ulama ⓘ
Islamic leadership in Aceh ⓘ
locatedIn Aceh ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
northern Sumatra ⓘ
notableFigure Snouck Hurgronje ⓘ
partOf Dutch colonial expansion in Indonesia ⓘ
relatedTo Dutch colonialism in Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: Dutch East Indies

Strait of Malacca trade routes ⓘ
history of Aceh ⓘ
result Dutch victory ⓘ
heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
incorporation of Aceh into the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
significance major resistance to Dutch colonial rule in Indonesia ⓘ
one of the bloodiest colonial wars in Indonesian history ⓘ
one of the longest wars fought by the Netherlands ⓘ
startDate 1873 ⓘ
strategy Acehnese guerrilla warfare ⓘ
Dutch scorched-earth tactics ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

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Indonesian Army → conflict → Aceh insurgency ⓘ
linked to: Aceh War
Acehnese → historicalConflict → Aceh War ⓘ
Aceh War → alsoKnownAs → Atjeh War ⓘ
linked to: Aceh War
KNIL → conflict → Aceh War ⓘ
Alauddin Riayat Shah II → conflict → Johor–Aceh rivalry ⓘ
linked to: Aceh War
First Aceh Expedition → partOf → Aceh War ⓘ
Teuku Umar → conflict → Aceh War ⓘ
Teuku Umar → militaryBranch → Acehnese resistance forces ⓘ
linked to: Aceh War
Teuku Umar → movement → Acehnese resistance movement ⓘ
linked to: Aceh War
Cut Nyak Dhien → conflict → Aceh War ⓘ
Cut Nyak Dhien → movement → Acehnese resistance movement ⓘ
linked to: Aceh War
Johan Harmen Rudolf Köhler → participantIn → Aceh War ⓘ
Johan Harmen Rudolf Köhler → conflict → Aceh War ⓘ
Second Aceh Expedition → partOf → Aceh War ⓘ
Cut Nyak Meutia → conflict → Aceh War ⓘ
Cut Nyak Meutia → movement → Acehnese resistance movement ⓘ
linked to: Aceh War
Acehnese people → majorConflict → Aceh War ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army → associatedWithEvent → Aceh War (late phase, via institutional continuity) ⓘ
linked to: Aceh War